August 29, 2013

The University of Bologna
organises a Winter School "The European Convention on Human
Rights (ECHR): The Principle of Non-Discrimination", that will be held in
Forlì (Italy) - University
of Bologna - School of Political Science
from 13 to 17
January, 2014.

The Winter School
is organised in cooperation with the Institut des droits de l'homme (Strasbourg) and the High School
of Economics - Moscow. The event is dedicated to the system
of protection established by the European Convention on Human Rights with a
special focus on the principle of non-discrimination. Keynote speakers include
former President of the European Court of Human Rights - J. P. Costa, judge G.
Raimondi, professors E. Dubout (Paris) and E. Brems (Ghent).

August 19, 2013

Looking for cash to
help pay for college or grad school? Good news: you don’t have to be a top
scholar or star athlete. Here are ten scholarships for those of us with more
unique and unusual talents:

1.Stuck at Prom Scholarship Contest.
Attention, aspiring Project Runway contestants! www.duckbrand.com awards cash prizes to
the couple who creates and wears the best duct tape outfit or accessories to
their prom. First place is $5,000 each,
second place is $3,000 each, and third place is $2,000. The same amount is awarded
to the colleges they’ll be attending.

2.Chick and Sophie Major Memorial Duck Calling Contest. Can you do an incredible duck imitation? Are you a high school senior? Do you realize that these two descriptors,
put together, can earn you big bucks? Scholarshipfunds for this contest total $4,250 each year, with the first place winner
snagging $2,000. Check out for more information.

August 16, 2013

JEF-Europe
and JEF-France have opened a call for participants for the
international seminar "Culture and Democratic Citizenship, Culture of
Democratic Citizenship", which will take place in Paris, France
from 26 October to 1 November 2013 in Paris, France.
The aim of the seminar is to explore the links between Culture and
Citizenship offering ideas and approaches to participating youth leaders
which they can use on local level when working with youth.

August 8, 2013

The Eastern
Partnership Youth Forum aims to increase sustainable political/civic commitment
to further support non-formal learning/the youth work recognition process
through cooperation in the youth field. Objective of the
event - reaching better social inclusion and improvement of lives of young
people by increasing the quality and recognition of non-formal
learning/education and youth work and make outcomes visible and
transferable to other sectors. This year, the Eastern Partnership Youth forum will take place on 22-25 October, 2013 in Kaunas
(100 km.
from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania)

The Eastern
Partnership Youth Forum is organised by the Agency of International Youth
Cooperation, which is the Lithuanian National Agency of the Youth in Action Programme,
in cooperation with the European Commission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Lithuania and other stakeholders.